The Japanese Chapter of Family Federation, an international non-governmental organization, on Tuesday hosted a HIV/AIDS workshop targeting over 60 participants comprising youths, adults and religious leaders at Regency Suites, Hadfield Street, Georgetown. The “Free-teen” workshop focused on a deeper understanding of HIV/AIDS, and the importance of abstinence and character education. It was facilitated by Mr. […]

Play in the Rockaway Auto and Bicycle Sales and Sound System Super League 35-Over and 40-Over cricket competitions have reached their quarterfinal stages. Play in this round will be contested this weekend with a number of matches starting from 11:00hrs. On Saturday – Lusignan Dev vs Dundee @ Lusignan with Richard Albert and Davteerth Anandjit the umpires […]

Dear Editor, The inter-Religious Organisation (IRO), a body comprising representatives of all the major faiths and non-traditional religious faiths of Guyana takes serious umbrage with contents of Mr. Anthony Vieira’s commentary that was aired on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 on CNS Channel 6. We have noted Mr. Vieira’s propensity to mislead the public and sought […]

Bridgetown, Barbados – The WICB today announced that former West Indies captain Carl Hooper has been appointed Batting Coach at the Sagicor High Performance Center. The classy strokemaker represented the West Indies in 102 Tests and 227 One Day Internationals between 1987 and 2003. He scored a total of 11,523 international runs and registered 20 […]

Dear Editor, The PPP will win the upcoming general elections not because of racial voting or because the people yet want them, but because there is no satisfactory alternative on the local scene that is better than them. You look around and see nobody really worthy of replacing them. Strenuous efforts are being made to […]

Dear Editor, I was hesitant to respond to Harry Gill and his sorts, who find pleasure in attacking the credibility of someone, whose credibility is unquestionable. Gill is a ‘confusionist’ and desperately attempts to induce and lure unsuspecting and innocent readers into his web of baloney. Mr. Editor, I would be doing an injustice to […]

One of the things I can never understand about the Vatican is its acceptance that the Pope can rule until he dies if he chooses not to retire. Aging is a scientific reality in that it reduces one’s functions terribly, even if one remains healthy. For example, one cannot be as effective an organizer at […]

Dear Editor, Without much of an investigation, it is clearly manifesting that David Granger as the PNCR’s presidential candidate at the upcoming elections is discomforting for a large section of that party, its hierarchy included. Granger won the PNCR’s presidential candidate race by receiving 42% of the votes cast, while 58% voted for the other […]

Dear Editor, Voting can be traced back to ancient Greece, Rome and throughout the medieval period. It is a right of all eligible voters in any country and throughout history, has been considered to be the most important exercise of a responsible citizen of a democratic nation. In his famous 1863 Gettysburg Address, U.S. President […]

The sugar industry has never been, and is presently not, bereft of managerial talent. While there are serious problems now facing the sugar industry, those problems are not primarily as a result of the lack of effective management, or as a result of a shortage of sound policies at the level of the Board. Guysuco […]

Dear Editor, Mr. Harry Gill in his letter to Kaieteur News of May 8, 2011, “What‘s all the fuss about Ramotar’s appointment?” specifically asked me to address some issues related to ethics in government and migration patterns, he also questioned my objectivity. First, let me say that I don’t think Mr. Gill should be giving […]

Dear Editor, Yesterday (10- 05-11) I got bitten by a centipede (a 7″ monster), an experience I will never like to re-live. I keep hearing of how painful centipede bite can be and as a result this, the sight of centipedes brings immense panic and fear in my mind. I heard of how a centipede […]

Blackout, once touted to be a thing of the past, is very much with us and there is nothing to curtail the occurrence of this annoying feature for at least another six weeks. Indeed, Guyanese have been prone to power outages for over three decades, even to the point when people were informed through the […]